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1/6 stater of Kyzikos with sphinx and tunny fish
Greek
Late Archaic or Early Classical Period
500–460 B.C.
Mint: Mysia, Kyzikos
Medium/Technique
Electrum
Dimensions
Diameter: 10 mm. Weight: 2.67 gm.
Credit Line
Catharine Page Perkins Fund
Accession Number01.5529
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CollectionsEurope, Ancient Greece and Rome
ClassificationsNumismatics – Coins
Catalogue Raisonné
Brett, Greek Coins (MFA), no. 1451.
DescriptionObverse: Sphinx sitting to left on a tunny, with right forepaw raised. Head archaic, with long, dotted hair, a flower? projecting from it, wing curled, tail ending in round dot.
Reverse: Incuse square of the mill-sail pattern.
Reverse: Incuse square of the mill-sail pattern.
ProvenanceBy date unknown: with Edward Perry Warren; 1901: purchased by MFA from Edward Perry Warren for $ 22,142.63 (this figure is the total price for MFA 01.5425-01.5657)